"That's the great thing about how 'SVU' works. They work with so many Broadway actors, they are very used to getting us out in time for the show."
"I was really aware, even while it was happening, that the discovery of arts education in my life sort of saved my life."
"As a kid, you don't have a ton of spaces where you are honored, where what you think is honored and what you say is revered."
"Acting is about finding truth and finding the way to convey the truth."
"I was so stressed, man. When I was 17, I was so worried about what the hell was going to happen."
"I think people understand I'm not actually the real Thomas Jefferson."
"I get excited to create things that don't exist in the same world as 'Hamilton' because that world is really well done and doesn't need me to inform it anymore."
"It's funny because as a rapper, there is - and this is something that Clipping challenges all the time - there is this idea about authenticity as a rapper, in the fact that you rap things that are yours. That's not what doing a play is. You're interpreting somebody else's words."
"Being an emcee onstage is mostly about crowd control, about monitoring energy levels."
"If you do enough rap shows, you get a pretty good sense of an audience. You start to develop this sense of what a feeling of a room or a group is."
"I feel like, anytime I'm onstage, I tend to feel very connected with people in the audience or with the sort of heartbeat or tempo of the audience."
"Oftentimes, it feels like we spend so much of our life waiting to make art, waiting for somebody to let us do something. You don't really have to do that. You can make it all the time. And 99 percent of the time, it's not going to be a big deal on a global scale. But 100 percent of the time, it's going to make you feel amazing."
"I have a recognizable silhouette."
"Writing rap songs is about flow, about one word blending seamlessly into the next and creating a thing that is possible to perform in a way that feels natural."
"The tricky thing about fast raps is not really the delivery of them; it's the writing of them, with consonants close enough together that you don't trip up over them."
"Being with a bunch of people who never take a day off means that you're not taking a day off."
"I think this idea of a big break is a lie."
"If a project feels good to you, say yes. And do it with everything that you have and hope that the outcome is good."
"The fact that rap has a strict meter and stays to a click means that you have to make your thoughts concise."
"Being multiracial has allowed me to feel comfortable walking in all different circles."
"I majored in theater. I did plays. But musicals were not my thing."
"To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain."
"The fact that I got to do the 'Hamilton' BET Cypher is a totally crazy thing because I've watched the BET Cyphers since it started. I've seen every one. I study them. Because I'm a rapper. It's what you do."
"Daveed Diggs is a very nervous person."
"At some point, I'll do more McDonald's commercials if I have to."
